December 16 News international

Friday 16 December, 2011.

TOP STORY Obama hails extraordinary US achievement in Iraq President Barack Obama on Wednesday honoured America's "fighting and dying, bleeding and building" in Iraq, hailing the extraordinary achievement of a war he once branded dumb. HEADLINES China celebrates first docking of its space station modules  China on Friday celebrated its maiden successful docking of two unmanned space modules which were part of its efforts to establish a space station by 2020. Gilani asks US to respect Pak's 'red lines' The US must respect Pakistan's "red lines" and give a guarantee that there will be no transgression of the country's borders in order to regain Islamabad's cooperation in the war on terrorism, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said today. Any move to oust PPP govt may harm election process: Gilani Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has warned that any move to oust the PPP-led government could imperil democracy and the election process in the country. France's Chirac guilty of graft, escapes jail term  Popular former French president Jacques Chirac was convicted of graft on Thursday but escaped jail, receiving a suspended two year sentence for running ghost workers at Paris city hall. AFRICA & SOUTH AMERICA Tunisia's new president Marzouki sworn in ASIA PACIFIC Australia PM reshuffles cabinet, targets jobs and workplace EUROPE NORTH AMERICA US House passes legislation to freeze Pak aid  SOUTH ASIA Zardari discharged from hospital, says aide  WEST ASIA Kuwaiti emir swears in new cabinet

OTHER TOP STORIES Boat accident kills at least 20 in southern Nigeria  Philippine chief justice blasts Aquino 'dictatorship'  Egypt goes to polls again to seal the parliament